Caspian One
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Programme Manager – Strategic Markets Transformation Programme
Overview
We are supporting a leading financial institution on a high-profile strategic transformation programme focused on evaluating and enabling new business capabilities for a new trading initiative.
The organisation is seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead programme mobilisation, coordinate cross-functional workstreams and drive delivery of a significant business case and operating model assessment.
This is a highly visible role requiring someone who can operate across Front Office, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Finance and Technology teams, bringing structure and momentum to a complex strategic initiative.
The successful candidate will be comfortable working within ambiguity, managing senior stakeholders and ensuring progress is maintained across multiple parallel workstreams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead programme mobilisation and planning activities
- Develop and maintain project plans, milestones and delivery roadmaps
- Coordinate discovery, analysis and operating model workstreams
- Manage stakeholder engagement across business and technology functions
- Drive governance, reporting and programme controls
- Monitor risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies
- Facilitate workshops and steering committee meetings
- Ensure workstreams remain aligned to programme objectives
- Track and manage delivery against key milestones
- Support production of business case and investment recommendations
- Work closely with Business Analysts and subject matter experts to consolidate findings
- Provide regular updates to programme sponsors and senior stakeholders
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Required Experience
- Proven Project Management experience within Financial Services
- Strong background delivering Capital Markets or Investment Banking programmes
- Experience managing complex regulatory, transformation or new product initiatives
- Extensive stakeholder management experience
- Strong governance and programme control capabilities
- Experience coordinating multiple workstreams simultaneously
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced and evolving environments
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Strongly Preferred Experience
- Capital Markets
- FX
- Prime Brokerage
- Derivatives
- New Product Introduction
- Markets Transformation
- Front Office Change
- Trade Lifecycle Projects
- Target Operating Model Programmes
- Business Case Development
Nice to Have
- Experience working alongside Front Office teams
- Exposure to product launch initiatives
- Understanding of market infrastructure and operational workflows
- Experience supporting executive-level investment decisions
You will be commercially minded, delivery-focused and comfortable managing programmes where not all answers exist on day one. You will have the ability to challenge stakeholders constructively, drive accountability across teams and maintain momentum towards key strategic outcomes. This role would suit someone who enjoys building structure around complex business problems and helping organisations determine how future business capabilities should be delivered.
Working Model
- Hybrid working model
- Inside IR35 Contract
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